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 LitArts RI started in 2018 as a shared creative workspace for writers. Since then, the nonprofit has grown to offer events, workshops, and other support to Rhode Island writers and readers.  They recently announced their new executive director, Christina Bevilacqua, who has been a part of the literary world of Rhode Island for a while now at the Providence Athenaeum, Trinity Rep, and the Providence Public Library.

Ep. #12 - Libraries and Cuisine at CHOP   This episode is for food lovers! Emily chats with Josh and Shannon from Genesis Center about their newly launched Social Enterprise, CHOP (Culinary Hub of Providence), which is located on the ground floor of Providence Public Library.  A perfect pairing that's worth a visit in the heart of Providence!   Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the state. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers' own and do not represent those of the Overdueing It podcast, its sponsor organizations, or any participants' place of employment. The content of Overdueing It episodes are the property of the individual creators, with permission for Overdueing it to share the content on their podcast feed in perpetuity. Any of the content from the Overdueing podcast can not be reproduced without express written permission.    Our logo was designed by Sarah Bouvier and our theme music is by Neura-Flow.   Books The Essential Cuisine by Michel Bras The Bang Bang Club: Snapshots from a hidden war by Greg Marinovich Media Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa Read more: Stories for South Asian supergirls by Raj Kaur Khaira Only Murders in the Building Bonus Visit CHOP online at https://www.culinaryhubpvd.com/ Did you know? CHOP celebrated its official ribbon cutting on October 10! They are now open for dinner and cocktails select nights a week! Congrats, CHOP team! Visit Genesis Center and learn more about their other programs at https://www.gencenter.org/

Ep. #12 - Libraries and Cuisine at CHOP   This episode is for food lovers! Emily chats with Josh and Shannon from Genesis Center about their newly launched Social Enterprise, CHOP (Culinary Hub of Providence), which is located on the ground floor of Providence Public Library.  A perfect pairing that's worth a visit in the heart of Providence!   Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the state. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers' own and do not represent those of the Overdueing It podcast, its sponsor organizations, or any participants' place of employment. The content of Overdueing It episodes are the property of the individual creators, with permission for Overdueing it to share the content on their podcast feed in perpetuity. Any of the content from the Overdueing podcast can not be reproduced without express written permission.    Our logo was designed by Sarah Bouvier and our theme music is by Neura-Flow.   Books The Essential Cuisine by Michel Bras The Bang Bang Club: Snapshots from a hidden war by Greg Marinovich Media Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa Read more: Stories for South Asian supergirls by Raj Kaur Khaira Only Murders in the Building Bonus Visit CHOP online at https://www.culinaryhubpvd.com/ Did you know? CHOP celebrated its official ribbon cutting on October 10! They are now open for dinner and cocktails select nights a week! Congrats, CHOP team! Visit Genesis Center and learn more about their other programs at https://www.gencenter.org/

June 27th, 2023 is the 125th anniversary of Joshua Slocum's arrival in Newport, RI, after being the first to circumnavigate the planet in a sailboat. His book, “Sailing Alone Around the World,” is a classic of maritime literature. To celebrate this occasion, past guest Robert Isenberg gives us a glimpse into Joshua Slocum's legendary voyage.  This week's guest host, Robert Isenberg, is a Providence-based writer and multimedia producer. He previously served as guest host for KBAQ‘s “Heart of the Arts'' and assistant producer for KJZZ public radio in Phoenix. A veteran staff writer for Providence Monthly, Isenberg is also the author of several books and award-winning films. Feel free to visit him at robertisenberg.net.  Check out Robert Isenberg's previous episode of Rhody Radio, “Whale of a Tale: The Nicholson Collection at the Providence Public Library,” which aired in June 2021.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rhodyradio/message

This week Tayla is joined by Emily Drabinski, incoming president of the American Library Association, and Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. They get into the controversy of book challenges and censorship, which poses a threat to free expression and vital library services all over the United States. They also discuss cozy mysteries, trash TV, and balancing reading for work and for pleasure. This episode was recorded live at the 2023 Rhode Island Library Association Annual Conference, held May 24-25 at the Providence Public Library. Podcast disclaimer Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! If you'd like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your suggestions to downtime@cranstonlibrary.org. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening! Books Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin Family Values by Melinda Cooper Libraries and the Global Retreat From Democracy edited by Natalie Green Taylor, Karen Kettnich, Ursula Gorham, and Paul T. Jaeger  Burglars Can't Be Choosers (Bernie Rhodenbarr #1) by Lawrence Block Dog On It (Chet & Bernie Mystery #1) by Spencer Quinn Browse books by Connie Willis AV Shrinking (2023- ) Superstore (2015-2021) Summer House (2017- ) Maine Cabin Masters (2017- ) The Bachelorette (2003- ) Q-Force (2021) Other American Library Association ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom WisCon Science Fiction Convention LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund Rhode Island Library Association fREADom in Rhode Island

October is LGBTQIA+ History Month, and we're re-sharing some of our past episodes where we spoke to guests about queer history and the queer experience. In this episode, originally published June 29, 2021, we were joined by Mev Miller from the Wanderground Archive to talk about this budding cultural archive and what inspired her to try to create an archive to preserve lesbian literature and cultural artifacts in RI. They also talk about enjoying stories about characters that are their age, Disney, and the decline of lesbian-centric spaces. During The Last Chapter they discuss: how do you organize your books at home? Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! If you'd like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your topic suggestions to downtime@cranstonlibrary.org. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening! Books Radar Girls by Sara Ackerman The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray A Light on Altered Land by Becky Bohan Archives for the Lay Person by Lois Hamill No Time to Spare by Ursula K. LeGuin The Disappearing L by Bonnie Morris AV Let Them All Talk (2020) Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) The Equalizer (1985-1989) WNBA Women's Basketball Loki (2021) Star Wars: The Bad Batch (2021- ) Hamilton (2020) Top Chef (2006- ) Other Wanderground Lesbian Archive/Library Mev Miller, Instigator: info@wanderground.org Rhode Island Council for the Humanities Collectorz.com Book Connect LGBTQ+ Community Archive hosted by Providence Public Library

October is LGBTQIA+ History Month, and we're re-sharing some of our past episodes where we spoke to guests about queer history and the queer experience. In this episode, originally published October 19, 2021, we were joined by Kate Wells and Angela DiVeglia from Providence Public Library to talk about the new RI LGBTQ+ archive. They give us details about the archive from it's planning stages to it's roll-out in June and their hope for its continued growth. They also talk about romance novels and their many sub-genres, smart engaging podcasts (besides this one) and the Public Universal Friend. During The Last Chapter they discuss: Have you ever had a crush on a book character and if so who? Looking for an update on the LGBTQ+ Archive? Check out this episode of Rhody Radio from June 21, 2022. Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! If you'd like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your topic suggestions to downtime@cranstonlibrary.org. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening! Books Knitting in the City series by Penny Reid What the Robin Knows by Jon Young Browse books by Richard Brautigan Cream of the Crop by Alice Clayton Be Gay, Do Comics: Queer History, Memoir, and Satire from The Nib Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery AV Firebug (podcast) Smartless (podcast) Maintenance Phase (podcast) Ologies (podcast) Finding Our Way (podcast) Just Between Us (podcast) Other Rhode Island LGBTQ+ Community Archive hosted by the Providence Public Library The History Project, Boston, MA Public Universal Friend (Wikipedia)

The Rhody Radio team is on a break! Enjoy this blast from the past (our archives!). We'll be back with new episodes October 25th. In this episode, Lauren Walker from the Rhody Radio crew and Coventry Public Library speaks with Kate Wells, Curator of Rhode Island Collections at Providence Public Library, and Dr. Virginia Thomas, Assistant Professor of Art & Art History and Women & Gender Studies at Providence College, about an oral history project called, “Queer StoRIes”- a project of the Rhode Island LGBTQ+ Community Archive, which is housed at Providence Public Library. Kate and Virginia talk about the project, why it's important, and how more Rhode Islanders can get involved. For more information about the Queer StoRIes Projects and the Rhode Island LGBTQ+ Community Archive, visit https://www.provlib.org/research-collections/community-archives/ri-lgbtq-community-archives/ Music by PavelYudin from Pixabay. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhodyradio/message --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhodyradio/message

In this episode, Lauren Walker from the Rhody Radio crew and Coventry Public Library speaks with Kate Wells, Curator of Rhode Island Collections at Providence Public Library, and Dr. Virginia Thomas, Assistant Professor of Art & Art History and Women & Gender Studies at Providence College, about an oral history project called, “Queer StoRIes”- a project of the Rhode Island LGBTQ+ Community Archive, which is housed at Providence Public Library. Kate and Virginia talk about the project, why it's important, and how more Rhode Islanders can get involved. For more information about the Queer StoRIes Projects and the Rhode Island LGBTQ+ Community Archive, visit https://www.provlib.org/research-collections/community-archives/ri-lgbtq-community-archives/ Music by PavelYudin from Pixabay. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhodyradio/message

This week Tayla is joined by Luca Rebussini and Jordan Goffin to talk about maritime and priracy history in Rhode Island and surrounding coastline. They also discussed the current “golden age” of TV, and overthinking Pixar movies. During The Last Chapter they discuss the question: Where is your favorite place to read/enjoy media? Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! If you'd like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your topic suggestions to downtime@cranstonlibrary.org. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening! Books Confidence by Denise Mina Enemy of All Mankind by Steven Johnson Fine by Rhea Ewing 1453 by Roger Crowley Black Flags, Blue Waters by Eric Jay Dolin Pachinko by Min Jin Lee AV The Lost Pirate Kingdom (2021- ) Our Flag Means Death (2022- ) Pachinko (2022- ) Dollface (2019- ) Turning Red (2022) The Adam Project (2022) Other Tuesday, May 24 at 6:30 PM - Heroes and Headaches: Rhode Island's Piracy Story The Nicholson Whaling Collection at the Providence Public Library

Adam and Sally Irujo held their wedding ceremony on Saturday outside the Providence Public Library during the blizzard. WBZ's Brooke McCarthy reports.

This week Tayla is joined by Kate Wells and Angela DiVeglia from Providence Public Library to talk about the new RI LGBTQ+ Community Archive. They give us details about the archive from it's planning stages to it's roll-out in June and their hope for its continued growth. They also talk about romance novels and their many sub-genres, smart engaging podcasts (besides this one), and the Public Universal Friend. During The Last Chapter they discuss: Have you ever had a crush on a book character and if so who? Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! If you'd like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your topic suggestions to downtime@cranstonlibrary.org. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening! Books Knitting in the City series by Penny Reid What the Robin Knows by Jon Young Browse books by Richard Brautigan Cream of the Crop by Alice Clayton Be Gay, Do Comics: Queer History, Memoir, and Satire from The Nib Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery AV Firebug (podcast) Smartless (podcast) Maintenance Phase (podcast) Ologies (podcast) Finding Our Way (podcast) Just Between Us (podcast) Other Rhode Island LGBTQ+ Community Archive hosted by the Providence Public Library The History Project, Boston, MA Public Universal Friend (Wikipedia)

This week Tayla is joined by Robin from Hall and Mev Miller from the Wanderground Archive to talk about this budding cultural archive and what inspired her to try to create an archive to preserve lesbian literature and cultural artifacts in RI. They also talk about enjoying stories about characters that are their age, Disney, and the decline of lesbian-centric spaces. During The Last Chapter they discuss: how do you organize your books at home? Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! Connect with the show on social media using the hashtag #DownTimeCPL and if you'd like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter, send your topic suggestions to downtime@cranstonlibrary.org. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening! Books Radar Girls by Sara Ackerman The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray A Light on Altered Land by Becky Bohan Archives for the Lay Person by Lois Hamill No Time to Spare by Ursula K. LeGuin The Disappearing L by Bonnie Morris AV Let Them All Talk (2020) Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) The Equalizer (2021- ) WNBA Women's Basketball Loki (2021) Star Wars: The Bad Batch (2021- ) Hamilton (2020) Top Chef (2006- ) Other Wanderground Lesbian Archive/Library Wanderground Interest Survey for Lesbians Mev Miller, Instigator: info@wanderground.org Rhode Island Council for the Humanities Collectorz.com Book Connect LGBTQ+ Community Archive hosted by Providence Public Library

New England is famous for its whalemen, but here's a surprise: The second-largest collection of whaling logbooks is housed in the Providence Public Library, thanks to an eccentric collector named Paul C. Nicholson. Not only do the logbooks chronicle a century of life at sea, but they may help us navigate our future. This episode features an interview with Jordan Goffin, head curator of the collection at Providence Public Library, as well as a dramatic reading by actor Michael Kinnane and the sea shanty “Rolling Down to Old Maui,” performed by Stevie Lightnin' (find out more at StevieLightning.com). This week's guest host Robert Isenberg is a Providence-based writer and multimedia producer. He previously served as guest host for KBAQ‘s “Heart of the Arts” and assistant producer for KJZZ public radio in Phoenix. A veteran staff writer for Providence Monthly, Isenberg is also the author of several books and award-winning films. Feel free to visit him at robertisenberg.net --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhodyradio/message

One year into the COVID pandemic, Sarah Heavren '21 is documenting this period of history through a research project with the Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence Public Library, and Phillips Memorial Library's Archives and Special Collections. Heavren is recording Zoom interviews to create an oral history of how members of the Providence College community have tackled this difficult time. Heavren, a native of West Springfield, Mass., describes her path to PC and her journey to selecting three majors. Subscribe to the Providence College Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, and YouTube.  Visit Providence College on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and LinkedIn. 

Within weeks of the state's COVID-19 shutdown in March 2020, the Rhode Island COVID-19 Archive was established. It began collecting submissions from Rhode Islanders to preserve their stories and experiences during the pandemic. In this episode, you’ll learn how the archive was created as a partnership between Providence Public Library and the Rhode Island Historical Society and hear from team members about its evolution, now a year later. We hope you will be inspired to make your own contributions, in whatever form feels comfortable to you: photo, video, written word, audio recording, artwork, etc. The archive accepts submissions by anyone who wishes to document their experience of the pandemic in Rhode Island. To submit, visit ricovidarchive.org and view “Contribute an Item.” You will be asked to create an account before uploading your submission. You are welcome to identify yourself as the creator of the work or submit it anonymously if you prefer. Your experience matters and will shape how history comes to understand what it was like to live through COVID-19. Contributions mentioned in the podcast: Golden Thread by Anthony Savino. Toy Theater I created during the first weeks of isolation by Eli Nixon with video edits by Jonah M. David and Music by Matt Schreiber. Write R.I. Collection: Our Lives Now. Sista Fire RI with artwork by member Selene Means (contribution via Yuselly Mendoza, Project Coordinator for Latinx/Spanish-Language Outreach & Promotion). Please feel free to contact rica@rihs.org for help with a submission or to learn about becoming a Community Partner. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhodyradio/message

In this episode of Careers in the Public Humanities, Michael Landreth speaks with Janaya Kizzie, MLIS, the Rhode Island Arts and Culture Research Fellow at the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities at the time of recording (she has since transitioned into the role of Event Coordinator at the Providence Public Library). In this conversation, the two discuss Wikipedia, archiving in the digital age, and that being unsure can be a positive in the public humanities.

These are very interesting times in which we're living.  I feel the need to leave a record of this behind for my descendants and maybe you do too. Thankfully my two guests are busy collecting and documenting our experiences in a project for the State of Rhode Island. If you live here you can participate. Anyone of any age can add material to the new RI Covid-19 archive. Pictures, stories and video are all being collected.  Link is in the show notes.  In this episode we talk about the roots of this type of digital archive. There is a term for it–Rapid Response archive and one that saves our lived experiences.  It's not new. There have been other rapid response archives for events that have happened in the last several years.You might have a Covid-19 archive in your area. These digital archives are being built by libraries and archives all over the world.Links:Rhode Island Covid-19 archiveSign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guests:Kate Wells has served as the Curator of Rhode Island Collections at the Providence Public Library since 2013 after over a decade as an archivist and librarian in university libraries, municipal record collections, and state historical societies across the country. She holds a Master of Arts in History and Master of Library and Information Science from Simmons College. In her current role, she focuses on demystifying the experience of collecting and accessing historic materials through supporting community archives, outreach for creative use of archival collections and utilizing metadata and semantics in access models. Her mission is to facilitate communication, inclusion, and connections to history in order to catalyze social justice and empowerment in communities and cultural heritage organizations.  Becca Bender is the Film Archivist & Curator of Recorded Media at the Rhode Island Historical Society. She holds a master's degree from NYU's Moving Image Archiving and Preservation program, and studied Film Production and Africana Studies as an undergraduate at Vassar College. She's an active member of the international Association of Moving Image Archivists and part of a core group of professionals working to improve preservation of local television news collections across the United States. Prior to becoming an archivist, Becca worked for many years as a documentary archival producer on projects such as the Emmy-nominated PBS series' Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise and Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies.  About Maureen Taylor:Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London and Canada.  She's the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.comDid you enjoy this episode? Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts.

Does the COVID crisis present an opportunity to rethink what school? A Providence high school senior tell us what it is like schooling at home, and what school might look like if students had more choice and power.Steve Heath is the executive director of FabNewport, a community based nonprofit teaching urban and middle high school students how code, sew, design, prototype and run machines. FabNewport's vision is that all students will have the skills, confidence and commitment to positively impact their communities and make their lives.The student interviewed, Andréa, works with Steve and his team, including 19 other youth, as part of the PVD Young Makers program in Providence. PVD Young makers works in partnership with the Providence Community Library, Providence Public Library to run maker spaces in all of the city's public libraries. They have many other partners, also.

In this episode of Careers in the Public Humanities, Catherine Winters speaks with Christina Bevilacqua, MA, Programs & Exhibitions Director at Providence Public Library and Conversationalist-in-Residence at Trinity Repertory Company. In this conversation, the two discuss how the humanities allow for complication, the risk of theatre and unmediated discussion, and how building the career you want often involves having jobs you do not enjoy and volunteering to stretch your skills.

Dr Kathryn Matthew, Director of the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and Senator Jack Reed talk about library funding issues. #WPRO They spoke shortly after taking a 'hard-hat tour' of the Providence Public Library, which is undergoing a $25 million restoration project. Her agency funds library programs, not capital projects. https://www.imls.gov/

Dr Kathryn Matthew, Director of the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and Senator Jack Reed talk about library funding issues. #WPRO They spoke shortly after taking a 'hard-hat tour' of the Providence Public Library, which is undergoing a $25 million restoration project. Her agency funds library programs, not capital projects. https://www.imls.gov/

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, by 2020 there will be 1.4 million computer science jobs in the United States, and only 400,000 qualified candidates. Rhode Island assessed the need of computer science skills in their community and made it a priority to integrate programs into every K12 classroom. With the ability and agility to respond immediately, Providence Public Library launched Rhode Coders and Data Navigators programs for adults and teens to address the workforce and economic development need.

Jack Martin, Executive Director of the Providence Public Library. #WPRO The library launched a fundraising campaign to support a $25 million restoration of the 1950's era building on Empire Street.

Jack Martin, Executive Director of the Providence Public Library. #WPRO The library launched a fundraising campaign to support a $25 million restoration of the 1950's era building on Empire Street.